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Originally Posted by Swish
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Some experts have chimed in and said it takes over a year to synthesize a vaccine for anything effectively... this covid one might have been pushed out the door a little too soon.
Not saying "they" didn't do their best with it, but regardless... I'd prefer to wait and see til the first batches are done and what the general consensus is. The fact that some are only 80% or less effective just makes it seem pointless.
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Those "experts" are either not experts or their comments are being misconstrued. A virus that we knew nothing about would take a lot longer, but we had the basic technology for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines already as they were using it for SARS.
They never got critical population penetration w/ SARS in order to continue and conclude trials. With COVID they did. The only things missing or rushed from the COVID trials were some population diversity and the several years of post-vaccine followup they typical do with studies.
In terms of 80% effective, you're using the same stupid logic you hear people (Trumptards and assorted morons) use in the US -- "If it's not 100% effective it doesn't work".
The goal for a vaccine is not a 100% invulnerability shield. In the JnJ vaccine, for example, they had zero deaths and almost no serious illness from COVID.
With these vaccines, the point seems to be to get a shot. You might get a reaction that is like a 24-hour flu that 100% won't kill you. What you get in return is pretty reasonable assurance that you either won't get COVID or, if you do, you'll be asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
You morons really need better news sources. There is article after article explaining in detail how this works.